Sixteenth Generation

1455. Hugh Phillip PURDY (~) was born on 21 January 1903 in Grant Township, Monroe County, WI.^{350,379,487,740,1079,1086,1087} in Union Valley.

(This is a picture of Hugh, his wife Meta, and her parents.) He appeared in the census in 1910 in Grant Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵³⁴ He appeared in the census in 1920 in Grant Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵³⁵ Hugh graduated in 1924 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰⁸⁸ from Tomah High School. He appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵³⁶ He was baptized on 23 July 1930 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰⁸⁷ Hugh died on 24 March 1997 at the age of 94 in Beloit, Beloit Township, Rock County, WI.^350,379 He was buried on 27 March 1997 in Beloit, Beloit Township, Rock County, WI.³⁷⁹ in the Floral Lawns Memorial Gardens. This is a picture of Hugh and Meta's family: Back row, left to right: Hugh, Meta, and Otho; Front row: Bernard, Karen, Darrell, Marceida, and Ortwin.

Hugh Phillip PURDY (~) and Meta Helena WILDE were married on 4 May 1927 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^379,1089 Meta Helena WILDE, daughter of Franz Friedrich Karl WILDE and Emma Ernestine Adedhied REETZ, was born on 19 August 1908 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^{379,740,843,1090} She was baptized on 13 September 1908 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰⁹⁰ She appeared in the census in 1910 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵³⁴ Meta appeared in the census in 1920 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵³⁵ She was confirmed in 1922 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰⁹¹ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵³⁶ Meta appeared in the census in 1940 in Glendale Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰⁹² She died on 17 December 1989 at the age of 81 in Beloit, Beloit Township, Rock County, WI.³⁷⁹ She was buried on 20 December 1989 in Beloit, Beloit Township, Rock County, WI.³⁷⁹ in the Floral Lawns Memorial Gardens in South Beloit

Hugh Phillip PURDY (~) and Meta Helena WILDE had the following children: